Coyotes and Bourbon
Members: Writer/producer Michael McHugh with several guest artists, including Steve Adams, Zach Gill, and Dave Brogan of ALO; pianist Rami Jaffee of the Foo Fighters; guitarist/vocalist Corey Linberg; and singer Karina Line.
Month: June 2007
A Feast of Color
The overcast weather seems to be unrelenting this year. May gray has morphed seamlessly into June gloom. It’s a good thing a few plants with plenty of bright flowers are bringing some much-needed cheer to these dark days. Among the brightest and most widely planted in our area is bougainvillea.
Ken Collier
Ken Collier, who searched the breadth of the nation for happiness and spiritual stability and who has served as minister of the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara for the past six years, is retiring from his post this July.
Quote of the Week
‘We are the real endangered species. : We have to start looking out for ourselves.’
Your Village Cheat Sheet
Montecito is one of those places that is well intended but misunderstood. It has more amenities than most cities, but it isn’t a city. It has a shopping strip that is not within its official boundaries. And, while it is famous as the home of billionaires, the true majority of its citizens are middle-class folk who bought real estate wisely and rode the Montecito market into their enviable net worth.
Ernestina Charlotte Franceschi Fenzi 1918-2007
Ernestina Fenzi was an extraordinary individual from an extraordinary Santa Barbara family. Her grandfather, known in this country as Dr. Francesco Franceschi, arrived in 1893 to found the Southern California Acclimatizing Association with Charles Frederick Eaton in Montecito.
Quiz: Cars of Fame and Infamy
Quiz: Cars of Fame and Infamy
Paintings by Victor Schiro from the Rancho el Cojo series. At the Delphine Gallery. Shows through June 30.
“If I buried a doubloon there, I’d want you to be able to find it.” So says Victor Schiro of his commitment to accuracy in landscape painting. Whether or not his works could guide a viewer to locate such a hypothetical hidden coin, Schiro’s paintings are no generic approximations of scene, but rather specific visual events conscientiously dramatized in paint.
Morrissey at the Majestic Ventura Theatre.
Morrissey is a divisive musician. For some, he is an over-dramatic depressive; for others, a modern poet unafraid to sing the truth of human insecurity and folly. Love him or hate him, the devotion he inspires is a phenomenon unto itself. How fortunate that the underutilized Majestic Ventura Theatre was incorporated into his touring plans.
KCBX Presents the Live Oak Music Festival
As May gray makes its indistinguishable transition to June gloom-heralding the advent of a Central Coast summer-music lovers from the tri-counties and beyond leave the fog behind and head over the San Marcos Pass to spend Father’s Day weekend at the 2007 Live Oak Music Festival.
